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pterygopodium

CIDE DICTIONARY

pterygopodiumn. [NL., fr. Gr. , , a fin + , dim. of , , a foot.].
     A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.  [1913 Webster]

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